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**Directed by: Bong Joon Ho**
**Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hee-Bong Byun, Hae-il Park**
**Rated: R for Creature Violence and Language**
**Running Time: 2 h**
**TMM Score: 4 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Themes, Entertainment**
**WEAKNESSES: Stumbles a Bit Towards the End**

The Host (2006)

March 3, 2020

A monster from the Han River attacks Seoul while a father races to rescue his daughter.

District 9 (2009)

December 5, 2019

When Middle Manager Wikus is given the task of clearing out the slum, District 9, which is populated by Extra Terrestrial Refugees, he is exposed to an alien substance which starts changing his body and sets off a corporate arms race.

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**Directed by: John Gulager**
**Starring: Navi Rawat, Judah Friedlander, Jason Mewes, Balthazar Getty, Dueane Whitaker**
**Rated: R for Pervasive Strong Creature Violence and Gore, Language, Some Sexuality and Drug Content**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Practical Effects, Some Humor**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin Story, Thinks It’s More Clever Than It Is**

Feast (2005)

October 26, 2019

Bar patrons face off against bloodthirsty aliens.

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**Directed by: Neil Marshall**
**Starring: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham**
**Rated: R for Strong Violence/ Gore and Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Budgetary Restraints**

Dog Soldiers (2002)

October 7, 2019

A group of military recruits runs into werewolves while training in Scotland.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 29 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Special and Visual Effects, Creepy Atmosphere and Images, POV**
**WEAKNESSES: Thin and Predictable Story**

The Fog (1980)

October 1, 2019

A mysterious fog rolls in over a small coastal town on the centennial anniversary of a shipwreck which occurred just off the shore.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Susan Blanchard, Dennis Dunn**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Some Creepy and Surreal Moments, Last Ten Minutes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Some Characters, Acting**

Prince of Darkness (1987)

October 1, 2019

A research team studies a strange cylinder left in a deserted church and mysterious occurrences begin happening in the surrounding area.

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**Directed by: John Carpenter**
**Starring: Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, Charlton Heston**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Concept, Some Genuinely Creepy Sequences**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Acting, Some Execution**

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

October 1, 2019

An insurance investigator searches for a missing best selling horror novelist, only to find that the books have an increasing sway on his fans’ lives.

The Dead Don't Die (2019)

June 24, 2019

Centerville is just what it sounds like; an average small town. When two of its citizens are found dead and half eaten, it can only be one thing. Some sort of animal. Or several. Or maybe, ZOMBIES!!!

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**Directed by: Michael Dougherty**
**Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang, Bradley Whitford, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Sally Hawkins, O’Shea Jackson Jr.**
**Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Monster Action Violence and Destruction, and For Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 11 m**
**TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Kaiju Stuff, Special Effects, Fun**
**WEAKNESSES: People Stuff, Story, Plot Holes Galore, Harebrained Schemes and Ideas, Dialogue**

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

June 4, 2019

Godzilla faces off against a wave of monsters as humans from Monarch try to figure out a way to communicate with the beasts.

Shin Godzilla (2016)

May 22, 2019

When an immense mysterious evolutionarily advanced creature emerges from the sea and begins walking to Tokyo, the government and people of Japan must band together to save their country and the world.

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**Directed By: Ishiro Honda**
**Starring: Takashi Shimura, Ahihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Takashi Shimura**
**Rated: NR**
**Run Time: 1h 36m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**Strengths: Theme, Legacy, Soundtrack**
**Weakness: Pacing, Some Poor Effects Shots**

Godzilla (1954)

May 21, 2019

Ships off the coast of one of Japan’s islands are being mysteriously destroyed. When the cause turns out to be an immense fire breathing lizard, all of Japan seems doomed.

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